Bush, worst president? He probably deserves to be right up there, although his election victories do tell us something about the difficulties of modern democratic politics, especially in regard to the US situation given that many voted for him.

As for the author, great to see people who write for the Daily Reckoning also on On Line Opinion.

Wow. Wotta list.

Why wait til they're out of office to prosecute the bastards for high crimes? It's virtually at the stage where taking the oath of office is sufficient evidence.

"Was the American electorate the worst electorate in history?"

quite possibly.

Sorry but where was the article? That was just a rant without a hint of any objectivity. It wasn't even constructive in the slightest. Of course there is something to be said about Bush's incompetence, but it is a concern when people spray vitriol like that without even trying to be balanced. Sounds like Doug has a real chip on his shoulder.

What I love about the article is that, rather than bashing Bush, it bashes conservatives. It does this with a nice disclaimer, too: the author says that he doesn't understand conservatives, then goes on to tell his readers exactly what conservatives think and why they think this.

Perhaps it helps that I am not American, but I am generally pretty conservative (the Political Compass puts me right next to the Israeli head honcho) and I don't like Bush at all. It's not because he restricted firearms (frankly, the gun lobby sickens me) or his attempts to make housing readily available (I thought Carter was shouldering the blame for the credit crisis, anyway). It's not because of Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib. To assume that Bush, in only 8 years or so in office, single-handedly orchestrated all of this 'evil' is giving him a bit too much credit. To me, he is a skidmark on the underpants of history simply because he is a twit.

When are people going to realise that it is not US Presidents who make policy.They are merely puppets of the Corporates who have the real power.Obama is getting away with more than Bush since he is the new messiah.

Not even bush wanted to go into Pakistan but Obama gets away with it and still backs the Patriot Act.This stupidity of party political competition is merely a distraction to keep the masses confused and subjugated.